Now you have a wide range of options to select from, let’s take them one after the other, the simplest first:

How to pay electricity bill online via bank’s USSD Code

“Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) is a Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication technology that is used to send text between a mobile phone and an application programme in the network,” searchnetworking.techtarget.com

As USSD is used for making online transactions like buying recharge card, transferring to another account, you can use USSD to pay electricity bill online and recharge your prepaid meter online from there.

Depending on your banking, GT Bank USSD code is 737

Dial *737# on your line

From the option press 6 (Pay Bill) from the option and send

Select 3 (utilities) and send

From the listed power distribution company select the one application to your location (town)

Enter the amount you want to top up and follow the rest of the on screen guide.

Note that this isn’t available for all the power distribution companies.

How to pay electricity bill online via your banking platform

Step 1: Login via https://ibank.gtbank.com/ibank3right on your Tablet device or on laptop. Alternatively, you can use your banking mobile app if you have it on your device (that’s if you’ve been using it before).

Step 2: Right on that page is the list nine distribution companies under Disco:

Port Harcourt Distribution Company (PHDC),

Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC),

Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC),

Kano Electricity Distribution Company,

Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company,

Eko Electricity Distribution Company,

Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC),

Abuja Electricity Distribution Company,

Yola Electricity Distribution Company, and

Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC)

Step 3: The companies are represented with their logo, click on the one application to your catchment area, but note that the payment platform for IBEDC, Enugu, Kano, Abuja, Yola, Eko wasn’t working at the last time we checked (July 2, 2018)

Step 4: Whichever the working one you selected, enter your Account/Meter Number, your full name, email address and phone number and amount.

Step 5: Click continue to proceed on to the your payment methods arena.

Step 6: Confirm your details and pay:

Your meter token will be sent to your phone number after successful payment.

iRecharge is a third party platform where you can buy electricity units for your prepaid meter, buy data, purchase airtime, and make other payment online.

This is how to pay electricity bill online through iRecharge

Step 1: Create an account via https://www.irecharge.com.ng/and select whether you want a personal account or corporate account, the best option for personal use is iRecharge Plus

Step 2: Enter your phone number and your first and last name

Step 3: Login to your email to activate your link

Step 4: Click on wallet, and select the option “fund wallet” from your left handside, the purpose is for you to deposit money into it, from there you can begin to make purchase or top up your prepaid meter, or any other purchase you want to make right there.

Note: A service charge of 1.5 % applies on wallet topup transactions via card.For instance if you are depositing N200 into your wallet, then you’d be charged N3, meaning N203 would be deducted from your account balance.

Step 6: Below it click on Pay securely with PayStack allow the page to load

Step 7: Enter your card details and pay.

Step 8: The amount you just deposited can be found in your iRecharge Wallet, from your iRecharge dashboard, click electricity bill and enter the amount you want to recharge, prepaid meter PIN would be sent to your phone number and email.

Step 9: Head straight to your meter and enter it

Step 10: Go to your prepaid meter and enter the PIN, that’s all.

How to recharge prepaid electricity meter online using BuyPower.Ng

This is another online platform through which you can easily pay electricity bill online and top up your prepaid meter without stepping out.

You can either make use of the bupower.ng app or using any of your favourite browser, but we infobase team recommend Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and other great browser that make form load ceaselessly.